* Fred & Dottie Fuchs <[email protected]> [110321 06:15]: > Tim, > > I'm not an OpenOffice expert, and I only work on Windows XP platform. I'm a > technical editor and have run across all sorts of aggravating issues in Word > (converted from all versions of Word, WordPerfect, PDF, etc.). One way that > solves most formatting issues such as this is: > > 1. Open/create a blank document with any desired styles and save it. > > 2. Open the file containing the offending formatting. > > 3. Copy the text (in groups or entirety, depending on the document length > and complexity). > > 4. Paste it as unformatted text into the new file. > > 5. Apply styles and formatting as needed. > > I've had good luck with this technique, although occasionally, some > invisible quirks may remain, but generally, they're invisible and don't > visibly affect the document.
Thank you for the reply Dottie. I had tried that with no success. As I believe I stated in the thread opener, I have decided to seriously "study" some of the fundamentals of OO. On page 45 of the "Formatting Pages Document" found at http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Chapters under "Numbering the first page something other than 1", there are instructions that seem (with some quirks) to - so far - work for me. regards -- Tim tim at johnsons-web dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] with Subject: help
